I've been coaching women on their personal healing journeys for years now, and I keep seeing the same pattern (in my life as well):
We power through the small stuff.
Someone doesn't hold the door when your hands are full? You tell yourself you shouldn't let it bother you.
Your partner leaves the toothpaste cap off again? You call him a jerk in your head and get over it.
You feel a flash of hurt when your friend interrupts you? You dismiss it as silly and move on.
We blow right past these moments because they seem insignificant.
But here's what I've watched happen when women actually stop and pay attention to these "tiny" irritants:
>>> They realize that they're not tiny at all.<<<
They're breadcrumbs. They're trailheads. They're the exact entry points your soul is offering you.
And we ignore them because we've got our minds made up about what "real" healing looks like.
We think we need to go straight to the biggest trauma, the deepest wound, the hardest thing.
Then we beat ourselves up when it's too much too soon, and we get dysregulated...like some inner resistance is coming up.
It makes sense to reach for the stuff that seems to lie at the root of our patterns, our pain, our suffering.
But what if it's more like scaffolding, and the "little" things are leading us to the deeper stuff?
Here's what I know after walking this path with so many women:
Our bodies know. Our lives know. Our SOUL is guiding us—showing us exactly what we're ready for, exactly when we're ready for it.
That minor irritation this morning? That's not random.
That's your internal guidance system saying: "Here. This one. You're ready for this."
This is the low-hanging fruit, the fruit that's literally falling into our hands, ripe for us to "eat."
But instead?
We come in with our HEADS, thinking WE know better. Thinking we should be "over" the small stuff.
Thinking we need to be brave enough to tackle the big stuff RIGHT NOW.
And that's the mistake.
The small bites ARE the way.
The sustainable way.
The self-honoring way.
The self-aware way.
When you start cherishing even the smallest irritants as a trailhead home to a part of you ready to be explored? When you stop powering through them and start following them?
The whole journey gets easier.
Because you're finally trusting the path you're meant to be on instead of forcing the one you think you should be on.
I get it. I've spent most of my journey believing I need to orchestrate every step, or I will miss something, or I'll forget about "that" wound.
But it's not true.
So here's my question for you:
What small irritation did you power through today? What moment did you tell yourself you shouldn't let bother you?
Go back to it. Get curious. Let it be your way in.
Your soul is showing you exactly where to go. Trust the low-hanging fruit.
This is the foundation of The Whole Soul Way™—learning to follow your internal guidance system instead of your mind's agenda.
Want to explore this concept deeper?
Check out the latest video from The Whole Soul Way™ Foundations Course about this topic of following the low-hanging fruit:
https://youtu.be/_qmlkg2Ek8s?si=UzsE0f_9Wd-ne1fg
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5vvHG1gUZoD0C2bDm0TGd6?si=ebe9c13b69f44aba
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